| 100% | JOKERSTAIRS | 11 | Cinematic nickname for the step street that connects Shakespeare and Anderson at West 167th Street in the Bronx |
| 27% | KIDS | 4 | New ___ on the Block, boy band that debuted in 1984 and which is known for the song "Step by Step" |
| 26% | CALEDONIAN | 10 | — Canal, waterway that connects the Scottish east and west coasts |
| 26% | AGENTP | 6 | Nickname for Perry the Platypus in Phineas and Ferb |
| 26% | URANIA | 6 | The one way street that connects Coliseum Street to Prytania Street in New Orleans |
| 26% | HENRIAD | 7 | Nickname for the series of Shakespeare plays that portray the reign of Prince Hal |
| 26% | POINTGOD | 8 | Nickname for an élite player at the one, in basketball |
| 26% | TYRE | 4 | Rubber component that cars have, two in the front and two at the back (for a Brit) |
| 26% | NEONDEION | 9 | Nickname for the only man to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series |
| 25% | ACROBATS | 8 | Those who flip and fly in the air for circus show |
| 25% | PUNK | 4 | ___ rock, music genre for the Ramones and the Sex Pistols that you will see gaining prominence in the 1970s |
| 25% | INN | 3 | No room at the ___ (problem for Mary and Joseph in the Bible) |
| 24% | APPLE | 5 | The Big ___, nickname for New York City, New York that was popularized in the '20s |
| 24% | TABLE | 5 | Dining room furniture ... or the theme that connects the games found at 30a, 42a, 55a, 9d, and 51d |
| 24% | PETRA | 5 | Abandoned city in Jordan that was "lost" and hidden in the desert for years |
| 24% | CACTI | 5 | Plural for a plant that grows in the desert, has spikes, and holds water |
| 24% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 24% | DANCING | 7 | "___ in the Street," song covered by David Bowie and Mick Jagger that was recorded in 1985 |
| 24% | SAVANNAH | 8 | Southern city that's the setting for "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" |
| 24% | REDEEM | 6 | " ___ Team," nickname for US men's basketball team led by Dwyane Wade that won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| 23% | STACI | 5 | ___ Keanan, known for her roles in the TV series "My Two Dads" and "Step by Step" |
| 23% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking service created by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe that was popular in the 2000s |
| 23% | DANGELORUSSEL | 13 | No. 1 guard for the LA Lakers, and Jerry West award winner in 2015 : 2 wds. |
| 23% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 23% | HIPHOP | 6 | Music genre for Tupac Shakur that's also known as disco rap, which originated in the Bronx in the mid-1980s: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ILIAD | 5 | Classic work that's the basis for Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" |
| 23% | BRADFORD | 8 | City in West Yorkshire that houses the National Science and Media Museum |
| 23% | SPOOLHEELS | 10 | Women’s shoe parts that are wide at the top and bottom and narrower in the middle |
| 23% | SAMOA | 5 | Nation that moved east of the International Date Line in 1892 and west of it in 2011 |
| 23% | FESS | 4 | Hotel on the NRHP database, built in 1854 and located at 123 E. Doty Street, Madison, WI |